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Santa
On Sunday we ran out of tape. A pretty big deal when you are stuffing all your worldly possessions into boxes. Boxes that are going to be driven through snow, sleet & rain to a brandnew (to us)...
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The Perfect Sledding Hill
It’s been snowing in the Schwarzwald (black forest)! I absolutely love the fluffy, white, cold. My kids too can spend all day outside, only coming in to change mittens or boots and grab a drink of...
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Milking Cows. Part I.
Unlike Dane, Tess has settled into our new little village like a fish taking to water. From day one she had new friends, and it’s rare to see her outside of the house alone. Sometimes it’s rare to...
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Milking Cows. Part II.
On Saturday we had guests! Dave’s boss, wife and three kiddo’s stopped by for a little house tour, socializing & dinner. There is truly nothing I love more than a houseful of people. When there...
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Eau d’Cow
We are becoming quite the regulars at the farm, whether it be for fresh, warm milk or a playdate. I’m slowly building up our collection of reusable glass bottles for our milk hauls. I can’t wait till...
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Kaffeetrinken
On Saturday friends stopped by. German friends from the old neighborhood. Kai had called ahead to make sure we were home, and he offered to bring the cake. Sure! I love cake. I assumed the cake was...
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Bicycle Mom
It is no secret they do things differently here in Germany. We are here as a guest in their country, and I’m doing my best to adapt. Some things are easy (ahem, beer), but some things are hard. The...
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Easter
Every year I seem to be the only mom in church with not-so-beautiful dyed fingers. I’m pretty sure this is why pristine white gloves used to be De riguer for Easter. I just know that even if I...
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Quit Baking a Cake!
Everything gets a little easier with time. Even being in a far away land without my big boys. My life is slowly getting back to normal after Soren’s whirlwind visit, excepting the pile of snowboards...
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Camel Farewell Memorial
Saturday was the farewell memorial for My Beloved Camels. It was the first warm, sunny day this year. No snow, no rain, just beautiful skies with light clouds. Tess & I had a stunningly...
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Fahrrad überprüfen
Tess is in the middle of her fahrrad überprüfen (literally to check bike), however, it turns out, there is an awful lot that goes with this. I apologize to my German friends if I’m not completely...
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Adorable Dentist
There’s my beautiful girl with her beautiful purple teeth! I miss her. She has a best friend, it’s summer, and they are either at Becca’s or squirreled away in her room making Littlest Pet Shop...
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Tess’ First Day
Yesterday is a blur. It was Tess’ first day in secondary school. Unlike American school with elementary, middle & high school, German schools have Grundschule (elementary school) and secondary...
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Zwiebelkuchen
Exploring our town one day, we ran into the Mayor. An ebullient, extroverted kind of guy. After half an hour of talking, I found myself drafted into the town choir. Hysterical because I can’t carry...
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Lekker Vlaai
One of the best parts of any visit up to Holland is visiting with family. This time we stayed with my cousin Leny, in Schin op Geul, right outside of Valkenburg. Anyone lucky enough to visit Holland,...
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Naturally Beautiful
Remember last week? When I was complaining about gorgeous trees & totally-uncooperating kids (Fall Family Picture Day)? We had another stunningly beautiful day over the weekend. I tried again,...
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Almost
Today is much better. I can breath again, and tell random strangers “I’m okay” without bursting into tears, turning me into a liar. Our friends made it back stateside, after an extra long day of...
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Squeal-y, Hug-y and Happy
If you ask Tess what was the best part of our whirlwind trip back to the states; the answer is one word: “Becca!” The dynamic duo was reunited and their unbridled joy at seeing each other had all of...
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Night Owls
I’m not sure I’ve mentioned, but Cole is in American High School on base. We pulled him out of German school when he started his freshman year. Life is filled with enough challenges being a military...
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My Kids
I am a photo junkie. It is a rare occasion that I leave my camera tucked away in its padded little bag. I love reminders of my happy moments. I really love photographic reminders of my happy...
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